Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-26
are $3.50 each and are held by 40 mem

ldent; W. +. Lake, Vice-Presideut; j. J.
Melton, Secretary; n. Harding, Treas
urer; William Capps, Attorney. Direct
ors: X. NJ. VarZsndt; W. F. Lake, w.
| II. Taylor, j. B. Mitchell, R. H. Sellers,
William Montgomery, j. H. Martindale
From the above it Will be seen that
| these three associations,
| ALL PROSPEROUS AND SUCCESSFUL,
number total membership Of only 404 .
| There are at least 1000 men in Fort
! Worth, if not 1900, who should avail
! themselves of the benefits of such institu-
, tions, Of which there should not be less
than half dozen in the city. THE GA
ZETTE would urge on every wage worker
the importance to him SIS an individual of
Investigating the benefits to him as an
individual of cooperative building as
ISOLATION, ana upon the community at
large the benefits TO society of identifying
every citizen with the city. Every man
ought to be able to see how much better
it is for him
TO OWN THE HOUSE
for which he has paid monthly rental for
five years than to pay the rent and still be
without home of his own at the end of
that time, and every man should realize
how much better for all it would be to
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if possible.
PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATIONS.
Philadelphia is the great home in Amer
ica of the building ass citation. In that
city, according to the Encyclopedia Brit
tanica, there are 1000 dwelling houses,
of which ITO, 900 are owned by the occu-
pants. One writer says: "PhiIadeIphia
is more free of prOletarianism than any
large manufacturing city in the world,
and nowhere is there a community so
generally interested in real estate, with
all the consequences of ambition, stabil-
ity and local pride.''
Another authority gives this powerful
testimony: "The influence eXerted upon
good order of the city through
her 400 building associations is very
great. a vast foreign element,
accompanied by little property, is
! necessarily pouring into the great me-
tropohs, yet the tenement house, fertile
source of crime, poverty, Righteousness,
so common in other large cities, is IN
known here. The emigrant speedily
finds the building association, com
mences to save his earnings, purchases
small house, and looks into the future
with bright anticipations. No city
on the globe Of our population
has one-half the number of private
dwelling found in Philadelphia. Ia the
riots of 1877, 10000 members of building
associations acted as an efficient counter
pOise to the thrOngs that crowded the
streets. The instinct of self-preserVation,
of social order, was as strong with them
as with the weather. classes, and it was
more effectual. 1t neutralized in their
own camp the ClamOrS of the idle popu-
lace"
Mr.. NJ. J. Brown, Secretary Of the Phila-
delphla Building Association League, says:
"If stone is thrown, every man, woman
and child directly or indirectly connected
with the building association feels con-
cerned, for it may 90 through a window
in which he or she is interested. If g
disturbance starts in Philadelphia, 30O, 900
people will try to stop it before any prop
erty is destroyed"
A city official remarked: owe con-
slider" he said, "every new accession to
our building association membership as
good as an addition to the police force"
And the st. Louis Building Association
Journal adds: "There is cOmMen sense
in this view. The spirit of anarchy finds
poor material to work upon among prop
| erty owners. And we suggest that the
building association might serve as
panacea tor the lesser dIscOntents of the
wOrkingmen."
''THE NORWEGIAN S WAY TO WEALTH. -
Answering the great question, show
shall l get homer" the Building Asso-
citation Journal says:
1t is Tot necessary to diCcourse of the
family being "the unit of society,"" and
that the family attains its best conditions
when sheltered in a home of its own
although much might be beautifully said
along this line of thought 1t Will be as
sumed that everyone recognizes the fact
that the desire for home is
the strongest passion with many,
and its qualification by the
greatest possible number makes q con-
tented people, and is an invaluable guar
antee to the quiet and prosperity of the
state.
But to the great multitude, as they are
huddled in our great cities, with high
land ard moderate wages, the getting Of
home is next to impossible! That is,
as ordinarily accomplished, it requires so
much pinching thrift, over SO long a pc
Rod of tedious years, that the generality
Of people are disheartened before
they begin, so they never begin! The
Quilting dSSOCIaLlOn OuerS no way 10 d
home:that does not imply saving; !but it is
based on the cooperative principle, and
the aspirant for "home of his own" has
the assistance of numbers to tighten his
burden; and when he has been helped,
he in turn becomes helper to others.
1t has been demonstrated land the
Journal will stand ready to prove the
position at least once in each monthly
issue) that the building association
affords perfectly practicable and eco
nomical and easy way for those in
any circumstances to secure houses;
while there is no other so
feasible method within the reach of
those Of very moderate means-compris-
ing the great body of the people. This is
not theory, merely; it is a solid fact, as
can be proven from the experience of
hundreds in St. Louis, and of thousands
in other American cities! There are 3d.
600 househoIders in Philadelphia who will
vouch for the correctness oftne assertion.
To prove the statement, we shall put
upon the witness stand from time to
time, many who, in st. Louis and else
where, are rejoicing in houses which they
owe to the building association!